Location, Location, Location

One thing that I struggled with when I started out
was, you would hear that the event was in Ocean Shores, Long Beach,
Seaside or Westport. The experienced people know exactly what
that meant, however I wondered, where in Westport??? I don't
know about you, but when I have to drive 2 or 3 hours to be someplace
by 9 am, I don't want to have to allow extra time to search around
trying to figure out where, on the "Worlds Longest Beach",
the event is happening.

Kite Event Sites:

Long Beach, WA:
Long Beach is located just north of the mouth of the Columbia River.
It is just over 2 hours from the Portland area and about 3 1/2 hours from
the Seattle area. Events are held at an easy to find location, the
"Bolstad Approach"
were the "Worlds Longest Beach" arch way is located.

Ocean Shores, WA:
Ocean Shores is located west of Olympia and Aberdeen, WA on the north
side of the entrance to Gray's Harbor. It is just over a 3 hour
drive from the Portland/Vancouver area and about 3 hours from the
Seattle area. There are two sites that are used at Ocean Shores.
The first is a fairly obvious entrance to the beach, called the "
Chance Approach", in the
heart of town and next to the Shilo Inn, one of the bigger hotels in
town. The other beach access used is called the
"Pacific Approach
", which is just a little further south on Ocean Shores Boulevard
from the Chance Approach.

Seaside, OR:
Seaside is located south of the mouth of the Columbia River.
It is just over 2 hours from the Portland area and about 4 hours from
the Seattle area. Events are held at an easy to find location, the
west end of Broadway St.

Westport, WA:
The Westport event turns out to not be in Westport at all, but it's pretty
close. The site is a few miles south of Westport on Hwy. 105 in
Grayland at the "Cranberry
Approach".

Whidbey Island, WA:
This event takes place at
Fort Casey, an old military facility on the Port Townsend side of the
island. The area around the event is just beautiful, with the closest
town being Coupeville (I love that name). There are
Washington State ferries that run regularly to and from the island
as well as one bridge connecting the north end of the island to the
mainland.